Welcome to Healing Well dreamchaser I ma so glad you found us here but so sorry for the reasonWould you like to share a bit more about self this way peeps can get to know a bit about you and you them You will find this is the top place for online support and true caring for Anxiety and Panic as well as many other diseasesI am sure with 20 yrs experience behind you with theis illness you will be a great asset to the forum so again glad to have you with us Hope to hear from you some more Take care LynContribute today to support Healing Well Forums...Donate @

im martha i stared having these attacks in my ealy 20s and my life has been really out of contrl since then i dont go out vert much and i am 48 years old and married but iam aways afraid if i go somewhere i will have a attack and i do take medcine and it helps but when your stress level is high you are afraid to take a chance to go anywhere i have 2girls and 5 grand kids

welcome to healingwell! If anything has helped me with my panic and anxiety it has been the support you get on this site. sometimes it just helps to have people around that know exactly how you feel. I know how you feel about always worrying about going somewhere and having a panic attack. I have tried many different techniques to try to get through this feeling. sometimes I get fed up with the feeling and just try to embrace it for what it is. Sometimes I fight back the feeling (which is most exhausting) and sometimes I confront it like you would confront a bully and I say "bring it on" Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't. I wish you the best :)*Steph*

Welcome, I'm sorry your stress level is so high, I can relate to that, I started with A/P when I was 14 and I am 52 now. I just started taking an anti-d for my anxiety, hopefully that works. You'll get great support here and everyone is so friendly. Not to be nosey, but what meds are you taking for your anxiety, maybe you need something different to bring your anxiety under control. Again Welcome and it's nice to meet you.

hi steph thank you for the advise and sometimes i do say come on and get it over with but it really gets you weak feeling i would like to ask you and any one else do you relate death and anxiety attacks as having the same feeling such as fear of the anziety and fear of death imafraid of both martha

hi judy its good to hear from you but i wish under better reasons.. i cant emagine having anxiety attacks at 14 .may i ask you what started them ,and yes i take clonazepam1mg three times a day. does any one have these attacks at night while sleeping that you know of . i do martha

martha thanks for posting more about yourself hun So sorry you also have lived with this for so long I am 52 and have had A/P since about I was 8 yrs old severly since first hubby's death in 79 I am really glad you found us and as you can see the pl here are the best and will support you an dhelp you with all they have Never fear of beign Judged here it does not happen We are very much a close knit "lil family " and welcome each new memeber to the "family " with open arms and open minds You sound like you need all the support you can get right now so consider this your support adopted "family" and continue to post read other posts and jump in where you can I think you will be an asset to this forum Take care and again Welcome God BlessLynContribute today to support Healing Well Forums...Donate @

Hi MarthaYup, I have had panic attacks during sleep--what a waste of perfectly good sleep-sigh.Am afraid of dieing i general and death by panic attack but it hasn't happened yet and draw on the fact that nothing has happened long term to get me through it.Patty B.

When I put my foot in my mouth I hope someone will tell me before I wiggle my toes.

Welcome dream we are happy to have you. As for relief it is different for everyone. Try and hang in there. Death is not an answer or a solution. No one knows what tomorrow brings and besides there are enough "little miricals" to serve as reasons to wake up in the morning. Glad to have you.--Michelle

...I dont want the world to see me, 'cause I dont think that they'd understandWhen everythings made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am..."--Goo Goo Dolls"Those who are different change the world,Those who are the same keep it that way."“We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”--George Bernard Shaw

hi patty how are you good i hope.and you right it is a waste of good sleep which i cant recall but maybe i,ll sleep better and glad to hear from you and can i ask how long you have been going through this martha

michelle this is martha .anyone who do not have these problems don,t understand.believe me i have been to all kinds of counceling, and nothing worked for me about 20 or so years .only the ones who know uderstand and then you still only know how you feel

Martha I too have suffered panic attacks for about twenty years...have had good times in between thank goodness lol..but the one thing I do know for sure is that since I have been visiting this website - "I feel better than I have in ages!"So much support is gained here..and so much wisdom is gleaned from wise people...and just reading what others have to deal with on a daily basis makes me thankful for my own life and realise how lucky I am.

Hi Martha..welcome to HW its a great place to be! I haven't had anxiety as long as you but I have the same type of anxiety, I think the cause my anxiety is the fear of dying or having something that you will die from. I just wanted to throw it out there that I have an online CBT course and the person that sent it to me his son suffered for 20yrs and now has recovered and no longer lives in fear. It does take consistency but has helped me alot with my automatic thought patterns and such. If you would like I will forward you the course. Just e-mail me, my address is in my profile and I would be happy to send them to you! You may have already tried this but I wanted to offer anyway. The way I figure it is can't hurt the more positive things I learn about coping and fighting this a/p the better I feel."Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it, what is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside." -Ramana Maharishi

Were so happy you have joined us here at HW we all love making new friends and you will find pleanty of us here and lots of support from all of us. I'm also sure you will be a lot of help to all of us members.

Dream are you on any kind of meds at this time or seeing a counsler? What all have you tried for the past 20 years to help you thru this?

Sorry I didn't answer sooner. They don't know what started my anxiety attacks, they figured maybe from dealing with Colitis/Lupus may have tiggered them. Ya I figure 14 was kinda young, I thought I had heart problems or I was nuts. I don't get panic attacks during sleep, but have stayed awake many nights due to anxiety.

hi! i am 39 and was, i now believe, MISdiagnosed 6 weeks ago as bipolar. the lithium and trileptal have made my anxiety and panic MUCH worse. after doing some research tonight, i now think that both my 1st and 2nd opinions were wrong. i think that i have had a/p for over 20 years. i am wondering what meds worked for anyone out there? i just spent 3 days in a mental health facility and it did not help, except for making me realize that there are a LOT of peeps out there far worse than i am.. it was a sort of 'sanctuary' to be ok- SAFE- with my illness, but even there, i believe i was misdiagnosed.. anyone else have this problem with misdiagnosis??

Sorry to hear about what you have been going through for so long. I have bipolar and A/P and know what you are feeling.

When was the last time you had a check up with your Psych/Therapist? Please don't hesitate to tell them how you are still feeling and that you need more help. Meds, deep breathing and talking with my therapist has helped me a lot.

My slogan is "Hang Tough" be proactive by keeping in contact with your Physicians and come here to share too! Remember every baby step forward counts. Congratulate yourself for every step you try.

hey dfly sorry about what you have been through and still are. if you need to talk this is the place to be i have had these atacks also for over 20 years and about 15 years of couciling hang in there and talk to these nice people martha